Around 20,000 domestic and foreign tourists visited Wakatobi district, Southeast Sulawesi Province, during 2010. “The number of tourist arrivals this year significantly increases, from only 5,000 in the previous year,” Wakatobi District Head Hugua said here Friday. Most of the foreign tourists came from European countries such as Britain, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland, he [...]
Indonesia was in 2010 visited by a total of about seven million foreign tourists who spent more than US$ 7 billion in the country, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said. “The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) has recorded seven million foreign tourist arrivals or more than the target figure for 2010. More detailed information [...]
Lombok Barat district in West Nusa Teggara (NTB) province received a tourism award from the Culture and Tourism Ministry for having been a favorite destination in Indonesia in 2010. “West Nusa Tenggara governor and I got the award from Culture and Tourism Ministry two weeks ago in Jakarta,” Lombok Barat district head Zaini Arony said [...]
Yogyakarta remains a safe place to visit despite the fact that the region was also affected by the recent eruptions of Mount Merapi, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said here Wednesday. “Mt Merapi eruptions are over and Yogyakarta is now as safe as before for visitors. This is proven by this Wisdom 2010 international [...]
The number of foreign tourists in Jakarta increased 22.16 percent in October to 158,469 visits from 130,542 visits in the previous months, based on the record from three entry points: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Halim Perdanakusumah Airport and Tanjungpriok Airport. The number is also higher compared to the same period last year with an increase of [...]
Foreign tourists visiting Bali for a holiday reached two million, or close to expected target of 2.3 million this year, tourism observer Dewa Nyoman Putraman, said here. “I believe the number of foreign tourists which reached 95 percent will be increased and even exceed the target set by the government,” he said Tuesday. Putraman`s satisfaction [...]
North Sumatra’s Toba Lake region has great potential to be developed into a marine tourism area while Samosir Island’s plains and the surrounding mountains can become a nature, agro and cultural tourism destination. The statement was made by the head of Samosir’s tourism office, Melani Butar Butar, here Wednesday. She said the natural and cultural [...]
Bali has won “The Best Leisure Destination in Asia Pacific” award from the Business Travellers Asia Pacific magazine based in Hong Kong, a tourism official said. The award would be presented to the Bali provincial government at Contrad Hotel in Hong Kong on September 10, Head of the Bali Provincial Tourism Office Ida Bagus Subhiksu [...]
Around 200 yachts from abroad are expected to join the upcoming international marine event of Sail Banda 2010 from July to August, and they have been registered for the event, the Maluku governor said. “The yachts are scheduled to depart from Darwin, Australia on July 27 and arrive in Banda waters in Maluku province on [...]
Once considered a sport for only certain people, over the past five years diving has become the preferred leisure activity of many Indonesians. An increasing number of people, especially youngsters in urban areas, have been caught in the craze to get underwater and explore the natural beauty of Indonesia’s seas. Some of them may have [...]
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